Lower School students learned about how insects are essential to the balance of life on Earth. They are decomposers, pollinators, pest controllers, and food for other animals. While some insects are destructive, most are helpful. We need to respect all life on Earth, no matter how tiny. We learned about bug hotels and how to […]
On the UN International Day of Peace, TASIS Middle School students gathered outside together to commemorate the yearly Peace Day parade at our school. The students in 5th Grade carried our giant Peace Dove as the song, A Song of Peace, by Teresa Jennings, played on our outside speaker. Each student had made a peace […]
Each year, we are lucky enough to be able to help a farmer by hatching some of his duck eggs for him. He gives us the eggs, and we incubate them. When the ducklings are about three weeks old, we take them back to the farm to live a very happy and free-range life. The […]
For over 20 years, TASIS Upper School students have travelled to Romania to work with children associated with the registered charity, Romanian Children’s Relief (RCR). RCR has been serving children in need in Romania for over 30 years. RCR works with special needs children who live in small group homes, abandoned babies in the hospital, […]
In our Roots & Shoots after school club this past spring, TASIS Lower School students studied endangered animals and learned many facts about them. We also explored various ways to help change things for a more positive outcome. Even though we did not live close to all of the animals we learned about, we did learn […]
In February 2023, eighteen Upper School students spent a week in Bistrita, Romania, volunteering to work with the children from the Romanian Children’s Relief (RCR) Program. Our students spent time at a special needs school, in group homes with special needs children, and in an afterschool program for children who benefit from extra support. They […]
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, TASIS students planted a young silver birch tree to commemorate the special day. We were honoured to receive a grant from Roots & Shoots. This tree is a daily reminder of the beauty of trees. We know how they are so important to life, as they produce the oxygen […]
Each year at TASIS, students in the Lower and Middle School take part in Peace Day activities. In the Middle School, we held a Peace Dove parade with 5th Grade students holding the giant dove up as they sang the chorus of A Song of Peace: “One song for all of usOne song could bring us peaceOne […]
Our Lower School Roots & Shoots Club got together to make peace doves and discuss what we could do at school to lead a more peaceful life. Our students come from all around the globe and some of them have seen conflict in their countries. We had discussions on how it is important to be […]
The Roots & Shoots Club at TASIS was excited to receive a grant from the Disney Conservation Fund. We are lucky at our school to have a large campus full of trees, grass and plants. Our club members have done many projects in the past, including building a wildlife pond in our garden, constructing an […]